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you raise the age gradually 27862 thirds of the social security deficit. fix the remaining by testing the benefits. the president has occasionally sad he's for entitlement reform, but is not shown much leadership on this premise seems to benchmark per se, but any with him at least a 47 republican senators, we sat around a table that he and the vice president a year and half ago and i told them i think we should give people on both sides to essentially fix social security. .. into the federal employee benefits plan, federal health insurance plans so i said this is a democrat idea, this will be easy. i be easy. i will just go to john kerry and say let's use your idea and a friedel country but for senior citizens and let everybody of the federal employee health plan. i think the public would like it if they are still getting the same health plan is their congressman is and should be eminently sellable. similar to what paul ryan talks about give everybody the federal health employment plan. it saves 1 trillion over 10 years and actually according to our projec
you raise the age gradually 27862 thirds of the social security deficit. fix the remaining by testing the benefits. the president has occasionally sad he's for entitlement reform, but is not shown much leadership on this premise seems to benchmark per se, but any with him at least a 47 republican senators, we sat around a table that he and the vice president a year and half ago and i told them i think we should give people on both sides to essentially fix social security. .. into the federal...
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to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple of thoughts, i just say to my friend from vermont. those who say it is unconstitutional to do those things, i wonder if they ever read the preamble to the constitution, which is, by the way, a part of the constitution of the united states. we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare. that's part of the constitution of the united states. so how we do that obviously can vary from time to time, generation
to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple...
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reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home-run for them to end like this upon the american people, i think that suggestion just as not hold wrote to buy water. secondly, the faa did take all the action it could under lots of produce the savings and avoid furloughs up until this point where because of the nature of the budget and the personnel had the nature of their operations, furloughs are the only option available to the faa at this time. now, again, if congress wants to address this matter then they should act, but this is something that only by law congress can do. [inaudible question] cheeks. [inaudible quest
reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans...
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we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the federal government in this administration -- we had it in the bush administration, the last bush administration as well -- something i call executive branch swiss cheese. we've too many positions, senior positions in this administration. we had a uminfor number of theme last position. in some cases the administration has not vetted, nominated, and submitted names us to. in some conveyings we're not moving them very quickly thuns they have. there is a shared responsibility here. the administration -- in this case we haven't had a confirmed directo
we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the...
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we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues a major drawdown of active duty and reserve strength. we have in recent years given the department numinous force shaping authorities to allow it to reduce its strength in a responsible way ensuring that the services maintain the proper force mix and avoiding grade and occupational disparities, all of which have long term affect. if sequestration continues, the result would be ore pripitous foe structe that is ou of t the requirements of our defense strategy. sequestration ha
we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support...
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deficits continue far into the future. the president also offered no real entitlement reform and no plan to grow america's stagnant economy. president obama is truly budgeting from behind. what's interesting about this budget, though, is it's not just how late it was. it's that it -- it isn't just what he says about what that says about the lack of leadership from the white house. what's also very interesting is what this budget says about the coming train wreck of the president's own health care law. the train wreck succombing not just because the -- the train wreck is coming not just because the health care law is unaffordable for families, it is unaffordable for taxpayers of this country. it fails to slow down washington spending, but it is also dishonest about how much of a budget buster his health care law will be. in fact, the administration has used a lot of smoke and mirrors to try to hide the true cost of the health care law. here's how the associated press put it. they ran an article titled "tracking obama's heal
deficits continue far into the future. the president also offered no real entitlement reform and no plan to grow america's stagnant economy. president obama is truly budgeting from behind. what's interesting about this budget, though, is it's not just how late it was. it's that it -- it isn't just what he says about what that says about the lack of leadership from the white house. what's also very interesting is what this budget says about the coming train wreck of the president's own health...
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weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. the pay of military personnel has been exempt it will ask them -- for troops including schools, military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues the measure drawdown of active duty and present and strength. we have in recent years given the department numerous force shaping authorities to allow us to reduce the debt strength in a responsible way, ensuring that the service maintains the proper enforcemen
weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of...
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how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes retailers not within their own state. >> who are some of the supporters? why did some say it will level the -- playing field for retailers? >> the big which include retail industry. it's the big restalers -- retailers, walmart, amazon.com, which is an online retailer. they said brick and mortar are at the disadvantage. they have to charge the sales tax with the online retailers don't. consumers are technically are supposed to pay the taxes on the tax return, but studies show that most don't. so in effect online goods get that 6 to 10% on average discount. >> what about the opponents
how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes...
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raise it to 70, and you fix two-thirds of the social security deficit. you can fix the remaining third by means testing the benefits. i thought that there'd be bipartisan support for that because the president has occasionally said he's for entitlement reform, but he, i think, has not shown much leadership on this. seems to be inching more towards it, but i had a meeting with him back when we used to have 47 republican senators, we sat down around a table like this with he and the vice president. this was probably a year and a half ago. and i told him precisely that, that i think we should be able to get people on pote sides of the equation -- on both sides of the equation just to, essentially, fix social security. medicare's a more difficult problem. it's $35-40 billion short, and these are problems that drive your deficit. everybody here knows this. two-thirds of the budget is entitlements. to we have another -- so we have another bill that fixes medicare. it's $35-40 trillion on the whole we do the same thing. we age the -- raise the age grawjally, we
raise it to 70, and you fix two-thirds of the social security deficit. you can fix the remaining third by means testing the benefits. i thought that there'd be bipartisan support for that because the president has occasionally said he's for entitlement reform, but he, i think, has not shown much leadership on this. seems to be inching more towards it, but i had a meeting with him back when we used to have 47 republican senators, we sat down around a table like this with he and the vice...
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who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan bill in the house with peter king. to put forth a manchin-toomey compromise that failed, so sadly, in the senate last night. we are so disappointed. our sorrow was expressed so appropriately by president obama last night that i invited mike to join us here to tell you where we go from here and to answer the question that people are saying what can we do to change this. mike, would you speak -- thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, leader pelosi. it's a pleasure and honor to join you, to talk about and to answer any questions that you guys may have on gun violence prevention. -manchin amend
who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan...
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for the meantime as our european countries wrestle with their budget deficits and slash their military spending it's becoming harder for nato to stay afloat now the alliance is top officer has slammed the e.u. allies for quote getting a free ride and while leaving the u.s. to bear the burden of the defense finances now crisis hit nato states have already chopped more than forty five billion dollars from the alliance is treasury that's the equivalent of germany's entire annual military budget now the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc though has also plummeted from two point five million in two thousand now to one point eight six million and while the u.s. is also trimming its own military costs its share of the budget has still risen to seventy five percent of the total and as artists are silly reports from brussels concerns over nato's viability continue to grow. the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and warned its partners against the danger of more defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners so this o
for the meantime as our european countries wrestle with their budget deficits and slash their military spending it's becoming harder for nato to stay afloat now the alliance is top officer has slammed the e.u. allies for quote getting a free ride and while leaving the u.s. to bear the burden of the defense finances now crisis hit nato states have already chopped more than forty five billion dollars from the alliance is treasury that's the equivalent of germany's entire annual military budget...
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as we tackle that deficit and debt. that said, when we had the payroll tax decreases during the deepest days of our recession, the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax .evenues and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. host: the house is coming in at 10:00 a.m. we will open the phones. we have put a lot of topics on the table. we will take your phone calls on issues we have been discussing today. first, we will get this news update from c-span radio. >> 9:20 a.m. eastern time. the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits increased i 4000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 352,000. the level is consistent with solid hiring and suggests the job market should rebound this month after slowing sharply in march. the labor department says the four-week average, a less volatile mea
as we tackle that deficit and debt. that said, when we had the payroll tax decreases during the deepest days of our recession, the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax .evenues and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. host: the house is coming in...
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the deficit is the outcome really what you should be targeting is is growth and you should be looking to to smooth out over this cycle to have some sort of a policy that allows you to have maximum plummet at all times and the deficit will be lower as a result of that if you have the appropriate tax policy i let me let me jump in for a second because i understand you're saying that you've got three avenues to pursue and different countries would require different prescriptions unfortunately in these countries you have different lobbying groups and different ideologies off impeding to get their ideology and their policies through they all think they have the best policy the reason i bring this up is because here in the u.k. margaret thatcher has died margaret thatcher there's a big margaret that there's a funeral there's a huge outpouring of emotion about margaret thatcher back in the seventy's when she assumed power she too had all these competing voices telling her what to do she took a survey very strong position for better or worse she took action so my question to you as a long ter
the deficit is the outcome really what you should be targeting is is growth and you should be looking to to smooth out over this cycle to have some sort of a policy that allows you to have maximum plummet at all times and the deficit will be lower as a result of that if you have the appropriate tax policy i let me let me jump in for a second because i understand you're saying that you've got three avenues to pursue and different countries would require different prescriptions unfortunately in...
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is presently struggling with a budget deficit the u.k. is saddled with an enormous deficit complete with negative economic growth none of those countries had anticipated that these economic ills would overlap in such a way that it would inflict such a severe downturn on them one could argue that.
is presently struggling with a budget deficit the u.k. is saddled with an enormous deficit complete with negative economic growth none of those countries had anticipated that these economic ills would overlap in such a way that it would inflict such a severe downturn on them one could argue that.
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trade deficit with. a devastated middle class. so the first part deals with those kinds of problems the second are shows what is happening to the american labor force it in effect has been turned into a third world labor force where the only available jobs are and lowly paid the best services so that they can effect. the new economy is to have an undeveloped very rural economy and the third part deals with the current. so called sovereign debt crisis in europe and shows that it's being used to establish. two things one that the public must bear the cost of mistakes made by private banks and the other use of the so-called crisis is to take away the sovereignty of the individual countries by turning their budget and tax policy over to to the e.u. so that's what the book about as it walks you through basically the failure of economics the failure of all of the apologists for the failure policies now what happened with while it did i use the failure of laissez faire capitalism well if you look back over the last quarter century it's b
trade deficit with. a devastated middle class. so the first part deals with those kinds of problems the second are shows what is happening to the american labor force it in effect has been turned into a third world labor force where the only available jobs are and lowly paid the best services so that they can effect. the new economy is to have an undeveloped very rural economy and the third part deals with the current. so called sovereign debt crisis in europe and shows that it's being used to...
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but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: thank you for talking to our viewers this morning. appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the f.b.i. briefed the house intelligence committee about the boston marathon bombings. intelligence committee member adam schiff joins us to discuss the terror attack in boston. congressman steve king on the boston bombing and efforts to change the nation's immigration laws and more about immigration and how refugees can gain asylum in the u.s. "w
but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never...
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year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big money, talking about the economics of the mississippi river." [no audio] is that the public defenders job is that it is dependent on their approval. how faster the process cases? how quickly do they get to the docket gecko -- docket gecko -- docket? so they will want a public defender that does their bidding. in new orleans, for a long time, the system was at one public defender was assigned to one courtroom and the same judge. so they were always arguing before the same judge. the problem with that is that they were then kind of tradin
year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big...
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this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing those throughout the hour this evening. joining me tonight, i have the ntlelady from washington and the gentleman from ohio. and i would like to open this open. you know currently serve on the energy and commerce committee and you have a couple of topics, but let's talk about making life work for american families when t comes to energy. >> i thank you for appealing to the american people so we can hear from them and have conversations with people who are struggling to make ends meet and make our economy work and define those things that are going to
this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing...
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well as european countries wrestle with their budget deficits and slash military spending it's becoming harder for nato to stay fiscally sound the alliance is top officer has slammed the e.u. allies for getting a free ride with the u.s. left to bear the brunt of defense finances crisis hit nato states have already charred more than forty five billion from the alliance treasury the equivalent of germany's whole military budget the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc has also dropped from two and a half million in two thousand to one point eight six million now and one of us is also trimming its military cos its share of the budget still seventy five percent of the total. reports from brussels concern over nato as future could be growing. the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and warned its partners against the danger of more defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners this opinion was also echoed by the former u.s. defense secretary robert gates he said that if this trend does continue to be alliance it cou
well as european countries wrestle with their budget deficits and slash military spending it's becoming harder for nato to stay fiscally sound the alliance is top officer has slammed the e.u. allies for getting a free ride with the u.s. left to bear the brunt of defense finances crisis hit nato states have already charred more than forty five billion from the alliance treasury the equivalent of germany's whole military budget the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc has also dropped...
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the president's forward a balanced plan that would replace sequester and reduce our deficit while making the investments that are necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and protect seniors and the president is engaged in a process with lawmakers where he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists with republicans around the basic principal -- principle we need to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. he has put forward a plan that would to that and eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, congress has to act in order to avert delays. >> senator moran says the fact that you're not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the f.a.a. suggests you want -- you want the sequester to inflict -- >> that's -- since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home run for them to inflict this upon the american people, i think that suggestion just doesn't hold water. secondly, the f.a.a. did take action, all the act it cou
the president's forward a balanced plan that would replace sequester and reduce our deficit while making the investments that are necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and protect seniors and the president is engaged in a process with lawmakers where he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists with republicans around the basic principal -- principle we need to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. he has put forward a plan that would...
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they have a $1 trillion infrastructure deficit other the next five years so there's no way that olffia developmen systs is going to be enough to tack t will problem. this is one of the great strengths of the world bank group. we not only work in the public sector with development assistance but we make direct investments, we make loans. going to ta major effort at bringing public and private together if we're to have any chance of meeting these targets. >> brown: are you afraid that the world might fall backwards? there's been strides in the last couple of decades with china and other countries with poverty. wee had a number of years of slow growth. are you afraid we might be moving backwards? >> we remain cautiously optimistic about what could happen in the future. we know developed economies have to grow in order for us to meet our targets in the developing economies but the growth in the developing economies has been one of the good news stories over the last five years. more than 50% of the growth globally has come from the developing economies and this year they'll grow at 5.5%. m
they have a $1 trillion infrastructure deficit other the next five years so there's no way that olffia developmen systs is going to be enough to tack t will problem. this is one of the great strengths of the world bank group. we not only work in the public sector with development assistance but we make direct investments, we make loans. going to ta major effort at bringing public and private together if we're to have any chance of meeting these targets. >> brown: are you afraid that the...
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of time that accomplishes the same deficit reduction without hurting the economy. i've tried to offer that proposal for an up or down vote four times this year and have not even had the ability to get a vote on that, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell said today, this is all because of the poor planning of the administration. your take on it? >> well, you've got now republicans who just a few weeks ago were cheering on the idea of a sequester. and saying that we had to make these very deep, immediate cuts, on top by the way. of cuts that we already made two years ago. very deep cuts, but cuts that are manageable. but our republican colleagues said we got to keep the sequester in place, their budget calls for a doubling of the sequester cuts in the areas of the budget we're talking about. the faa, the fbi, national institutes of health. the best way that mitch mcconnell and republicans can help us deal with this, is to support our legislation that would replace the sequester in a balanced and targeted way. >> we all hear about budget cuts and maybe some jurisdictions are bl
of time that accomplishes the same deficit reduction without hurting the economy. i've tried to offer that proposal for an up or down vote four times this year and have not even had the ability to get a vote on that, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell said today, this is all because of the poor planning of the administration. your take on it? >> well, you've got now republicans who just a few weeks ago were cheering on the idea of a sequester. and saying that we had to make these very deep,...
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and at the same time deficits go up more people want employed so war and poverty seem to go together and peace and prosperity comes together which is why i'm so happy to be part of this effort and continue to work outside the congress to run and i work together to create inside the congress so more of a you hear him talking about the economics of this you hear him talking about how money and war peace and problem in pop prosperity are often tied with one another and that is something that he says that we can actually start to prevent war and speak against war by auditing the fed and doing things like that ok so a lot of really lofty goals here in baghdad how talk to me about how this institution is different from other thing takes out there there are a lot of things that they say that they are working on they're not only going to be putting out calling as an analysis and things like that well as i mentioned they're also going to be doing this index ranking people on their piece now congressman paul obviously has a lot of current and former lawmakers that are supporting his cause repr
and at the same time deficits go up more people want employed so war and poverty seem to go together and peace and prosperity comes together which is why i'm so happy to be part of this effort and continue to work outside the congress to run and i work together to create inside the congress so more of a you hear him talking about the economics of this you hear him talking about how money and war peace and problem in pop prosperity are often tied with one another and that is something that he...
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call it an obsession with the deficit or demand for austerity that's been coming from all quarters of the republican party since 2008. >> we can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> we can't just keep spending money we don't have. >> it's time to cut spending. >> unfortunately, the facts do not support their thesis. there is now a chorus of commentators, businessowners and corporate titans, who all accept that taking chunks out of an already melancholic economy will do nothing but sustain the misery. an individual who runs the world's largest bond fund said this in an interview. "the uk and almost all of europe have erred in terms of believing austerity, fiscal austerity in the short term is the way to produce real growth. it is not. you've got to spend money." yet, despite this expert opinion, the republican party led by chairman reince priebus launched a twitter campaign yesterday attempting to blame the president for a policy that they, themselves, absolutely adore. it was pegged to the increasing impact of sequestration on domestic air travel. and produced the laughable cla
call it an obsession with the deficit or demand for austerity that's been coming from all quarters of the republican party since 2008. >> we can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> we can't just keep spending money we don't have. >> it's time to cut spending. >> unfortunately, the facts do not support their thesis. there is now a chorus of commentators, businessowners and corporate titans, who all accept that taking chunks out of an already melancholic economy...
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with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence make the heart grow fonder here? >> yeah. his popularity went up when he disappeared and started doing pictures and portraits of dogs and himself taking a shower. >> you wrote the book reminding everyone of president bush as he provided over the country. >> you know, you know this, reverend al. history is always a fight. it's always a struggle. we go back and forth. and, you know, bush was probably good pr advice. pretty despised when you left the presidential office. a majority of americans actually believed he had lied the country into the war in iraq. not just that it was a mistake, but he purposely said things that
with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence...
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i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling with these at the stateoo department. as part of the budget, we will help cut our deficit responsibly while investing in areas that attract economic growth and create jobs for americans and secure our national interest. budget request of represents a six percent reduction from 2012 fudnding levels. we have examined our request with a clear determination to improve efficiency. given limited reforms and reduce costs -- we have implemented reforms and reduce cost. we deliver the maximum bang for the minimal manager of our citizens dollars. about one penny for our national security and global interests out of every dollar. you may give you examples of the kind of work you're doing to make the world safer. with just over $3.5 million, the bureau conflict and stabilization operations made investments leading up to the recent elections in kenya. i know that helped to prevent a repeat of the violence we saw five years ago it also provided accountability to concededodingd odin
i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling with these at the stateoo department. as part of the budget, we will help cut our deficit responsibly while investing in areas that attract economic growth and create jobs for americans and secure our national interest. budget request of represents a six percent reduction from 2012 fudnding levels. we have examined our request with a clear determination to improve efficiency. given limited reforms and reduce costs -- we have...
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not only does this president obama get blamed for the economy, he also gets blamed for the deficit and the debt. and by 2019, half of our debt will be -- just because of the wars and the tax cuts. >> krystal ball and jonathan alter, i wish we had more time. thank you. >>> a reminder, we will have special coverage of the bush library ser mceremony tomorrow 11:00 a.m. stay with us. much more ahead. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced aspirin. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sens
not only does this president obama get blamed for the economy, he also gets blamed for the deficit and the debt. and by 2019, half of our debt will be -- just because of the wars and the tax cuts. >> krystal ball and jonathan alter, i wish we had more time. thank you. >>> a reminder, we will have special coverage of the bush library ser mceremony tomorrow 11:00 a.m. stay with us. much more ahead. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced...
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our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the american people to know that we do care. in order to care you need to have. budget conferees to go through the budget process and begin to pass elements of the president's budget that speaks to the heart and mind, mr. speaker, of the needs of the american people. i conclude by offering, again, my deepest sympathy and promise to those who suffer that america and its congress must stand up and respond to your needs. i am ready to do so as my colleagues are. we should do it now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the cha
our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the...
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the deficit is coming down. >> i want to get your opinion on one other subject, which is this debate going on the last day on your world of economists and whether the original survey or study was accurate. do you have a view on that, mr. liesman. >> i think i did the first interview with row goff at this conference four, five, six years ago when he first came out with the paper. i always thought the 90% threshold concept was bunk. and i'll tell you why. >> just explain to the viewers what the threshold was. >> this was a threshold above which their paper suggested that you would have lower potential growth. and the controversy is that some guys went back and looked at their spreadsheet and found they didn't do the right formulas in the spreadsheet. so the number is actually positi positive, not negative. the debt capacity of greece and averaging it with the debt capacity of the united states, and coming up with a single number that applies to the united states, to me that was bunk to begin with. it takes time after a financial crisis to come back. that's empirical. it's in the data.
the deficit is coming down. >> i want to get your opinion on one other subject, which is this debate going on the last day on your world of economists and whether the original survey or study was accurate. do you have a view on that, mr. liesman. >> i think i did the first interview with row goff at this conference four, five, six years ago when he first came out with the paper. i always thought the 90% threshold concept was bunk. and i'll tell you why. >> just explain to the...
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these cuts are part of a balanced package of deficit reduction. unlike sequester, these cuts are largely back-loaded -- occurring mainly in the years beyond fy 2018 -- which gives the department time to plan and implement the reductions wisely, and responsibly, anchored by the president's defense strategic guidance. the president's fy 2014 request continues to balance the compelling demands of supporting troops still very much at war in afghanistan, protecting readiness, modernizing the military's aging weapons inventory in keeping with the president's strategic guidance, and sustaining the quality of the all-volunteer force. the top-line budget request of $526.6 billion for fy 2014 is essentially flat compared to the president's request for fy 2013, and roughly in line with what both the house and senate have passed in their fy 2014 budget resolutions. today's budget request also contains a placeholder request for overseas contingency operations (oco) at the fy 2013 level ($88.5 billion). the submission does not include a formal oco request becau
these cuts are part of a balanced package of deficit reduction. unlike sequester, these cuts are largely back-loaded -- occurring mainly in the years beyond fy 2018 -- which gives the department time to plan and implement the reductions wisely, and responsibly, anchored by the president's defense strategic guidance. the president's fy 2014 request continues to balance the compelling demands of supporting troops still very much at war in afghanistan, protecting readiness, modernizing the...